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Raptis Rare Books carries a variety of rare and antique books including many signed or autographed books. If you’re looking for a particular piece of work with an authentic signature, you’ve come to the right place. Browse our collection of autographed books here & contact us for any questions!

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Merrihew, Stephen Wallis

The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.

New York : American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1928.

First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew’s classic work on the “World Cup of Tennis.” Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved photogravure tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Davis, illustrated with 48 engravings after photographs.Continue reading "The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-105106

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Levy, Sidney J

Creating Winning Marketing Plans.

Chicago : Dartnell, 1996.

First edition of this classic collection of essays. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, “For John Rogers, In appreciation of a Thoughtful Reader, Sidney J. Levy.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-114529

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Martin, Jr. Bill. Illustrated by Eric Carle

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2003.

First edition of the third companion book to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, the book that began Eric Carle’s career as an illustrator. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Eric Carle. Signed by Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-114705

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Shaffer, Peter

Five Finger Exercise.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1958.

First edition of Shaffer’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sir Peter Shaffer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket photograph by Angus McBean. A very nice example.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-114579

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Frankfurter, Felix

Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed.

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Rare typed letter signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. One page, typescript on Frankfurter’s Supreme Court letterhead, the letter is dated February 1, 1941 and reads, ‘Dear Judge McAllister: I appreciate the charm of your letter even though you response is out of all proportion to the accurate prose on my part which stimulatedContinue reading "Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-114058

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Gandhi, Mohandas K. [Mahatma]

Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Note Collection.

1926.

Rare autograph note collection in the hand of the Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma Gandhi, written at the height of the struggle for Indian Independence. The collection includes two autograph notes, two autograph letters, and three autograph postcards with Gandhi’s “Blessings” inscribed at the conclusion of each. The postcards are postmarked May 27,Continue reading "Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Note Collection."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-114068

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Cain, James M

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly Signed by James M. Cain on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "The Postman Always Rings Twice."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-114122

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Malamud, Bernard

The Tenants.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

First edition of Malamud’s sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, “For Minnie and Marshall With affection Bern.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-112806

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Malamud, Bernard

A New Life.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

First edition of Malamud’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, “For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-119682

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Malamud, Bernard

The Assistant.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.

First edition of Malamud’s second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, Marshall Malament’s sons, “ToContinue reading "The Assistant."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-112915

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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the title page, “Philippa – love from John.” Coetzee married Philippa Jubber in 1963 with whom he had two children, Nicolas and Gisela. The couple divorced after 17 years when the children wereContinue reading "Dusklands."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-112981

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Williams, George C. [Richard Dawkins]

Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critic of Some Current Evolutionary Thought.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1966.

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the half-title page. Many aspects of this book were popularized by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Both volumes instrumental in introducing the gene’s-eye view to evolutionary biology. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name andContinue reading "Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critic of Some Current Evolutionary Thought."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-112392

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Dawkins, Richard

The Selfish Gene.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1976.

First British edition of Dawkins’ classic work. Octavo, black cloth. Signed by Richard Dawkins and scientist Desmond Morris on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting by Desmond Morris. Morris is most well-known for the writing the classic work The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo. Foreword byContinue reading "The Selfish Gene."

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-112395

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Frankfurter, Felix

Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed.

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Typed letter signed by Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter. Two pages, typescript on Frankfurter’s Supreme Court letterhead, the letter is dated November 14, 1949 and reads in part, “My dear Mrs. McAllister: If persuasiveness, conveyed by an old and very cherished friend, could enable me to hurdle the obstacles that bar my presence at theContinue reading "Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-114070

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Briggs, Raymond. Paper Engineer Ron Van Der Meer

Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book.

London : Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1982.

First pop-up, or ‘plop-up’, edition of Briggs’ well-known work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with pop-ups engineered by Ron Van Der Meer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a pop-up opening door on the verso of the front panel in the year of publication, “For Eileen Ireland With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs 29Continue reading "Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-112501

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Paglia, Camille

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.

First edition of the author’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to close personal friend Ronald MacDonald, Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College, prior to publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ron – Love, Camille December 1989.” Laid in is the original transmittal letter onContinue reading "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-112308

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Lyon, George Seymour

George Seymour Lyon Signed Portrait.

1931.

Rare half-tone portrait of Canadian golf legend George Lyon. Signed by Lyon, “Geo. S. Lyon.” Period frame. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 5.75 inches. In very good condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-112303

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O'Neill, Eugene

The Emperor Jones.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author, this is number 274. Quarto, original boards. Signed by Eugene O’Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-117631

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Milnes, Richard Monckton. [The Right Honorable Lord Houghton]

Opening Address by Lord Houghton, President of the Society.

c. 1873.

Rare first edition of Lord Houghton’s Opening Address before the Norwich Congress of the Social Science Association. Octavo, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “with the best regards of Houghton.” In very good condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-112568

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Fogel, Robert William and Stanley L. Engerman

Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery & Time On the Cross Evidence and Methods. Two Volumes.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1974.

First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes are signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, “RW Fogel 3/18/10.” Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design byContinue reading "Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery & Time On the Cross Evidence and Methods. Two Volumes."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-114451

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Hayek, Friedrich von [F.A.]. [Queen Elizabeth II]

Royal Companion of Honour Appointment: Presented to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II.

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Original Royal Companion of Honour Appointment presented to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II. One page, with the Royal Companion of Honour Seal stamped in the upper right corner. Signed by Queen Elizabeth II at the head of the appointment, “Elizabeth R.” In fine condition.

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-100139

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Monroe, Marilyn and Arthur Miller

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Financial Statement.

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Rare original 1957 Woodbury Savings Bank financial statement signed by both Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller in the beginning of their five-year marriage. One page, partially printed, the statement is dated September 9, 1957 and lists the couple’s joint annual income as $50,000+, total expenses as $30,000+ or -, and amount of life insurance asContinue reading "Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Financial Statement."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-114025

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Sharpe, William F

Introduction To Managerial Economics.

New York and London : Columbia University Press, 1973.

First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-112354

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Weiner, Jonathan

The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John Rogers, With Best Wishes Jonathan Weiner ‘Darwin’s Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin’s islands, witnessed by a heap of stones.’ May 2016.” Also, includes a signed letter on theContinue reading "The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-112993

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